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WASHINGTON.; Mr. Sanferd Rejected as Minister to Spain, and Mr. Hale Retained. More Appointments and Confirmations to Office. Indignant Responses to the Recent Attacks of Senator Sprague. The Closing Hours of the Extra Session of the Senate. He is Threatened with Pistols by Mr. Abbott, of South Carolina. He Retires from the Senate Chamber to Avoid a Collision.

To-day being the last day of this extraordinary session of the Senate, the galleries of the chamber were reasonably well filled with spectators, who were reasonably well filled with spectators, who were anxious to witness the closing public scenes. As the day were on not more than a dozen of people loitered around the corridors, and they principally belonged to the lobby.

April 23, 1869

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